English Dictionary

matter

/ˈmætə/

noun

(physics) The basic structural component of the universe. Matter usually has mass and volume. / (physics) Matter made up of normal particles, not antiparticles. / A kind of substance.

It doesn't matter.

意味（1）

(physics) The basic structural component of the universe. Matter usually has mass and volume.

意味（2）

(physics) Matter made up of normal particles, not antiparticles.

意味（3）

A kind of substance.

vegetable matter

意味（4）

Printed material, especially in books or magazines.

He always took some reading matter with him on the plane.

意味（5）

(philosophy) Aristotelian: undeveloped potentiality subject to change and development; formlessness. Matter receives form, and becomes substance.

意味（6）

An affair, condition, or subject, especially one of concern or (especially when preceded by the) one that is problematic.

Is much the matter with the old plan?

意味（7）

An approximate amount or extent.

I stayed for a matter of months.

意味（8）

(obsolete) The essence; the pith; the embodiment.

He is the matter of virtue.

意味（9）

(obsolete) Inducing cause or reason, especially of anything disagreeable or distressing.

And this is the matter why interpreters upon that passage in Hosea will not consent it to be a true story, that the prophet took a harlot to wife.

意味（10）

(dated, medicine) Pus.